Hi Kern,

Thanks for the update on that. Looks like I missed that one (your update
_and_ the documentation, while I haven't read release notes though).

Kind regards,

Erik


On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 3:46 PM Kern Sibbald <k...@sibbald.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Concerning lack of documentation as you noted below:  yes, we can always
> improve documentation.  In this case, the need for special libraries is
> documented.  For example in the ReleaseNotes file, it
> is documented under 3 releases.  The most recent one states:
>
> =====
> Release 9.4.3
>
> This is a bug fix release for version 9.4.2.  It includes a number of bug
> fixes and patches.
>
> [snip] ...
>
> S3 driver: If you are trying to build the S3 drivers, please remember to
> use the
> community supplied (from Bacula Enterprise) version of libs3.so found at:
>
> https://www.bacula.org/downloads/libs3-20181010.tar.gz
> ======
>
> Not
>
>
>
> On 2/17/20 3:27 PM, Erik Geiger wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:41 PM Radosław Korzeniewski <
> rados...@korzeniewski.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> wt., 11 lut 2020 o 18:41 Erik Geiger <e...@frontify.com> napisał(a):
>>
>>> You are referring to this documentation?
>>> https://www.bacula.org/9.4.x-manuals/en/main/New_Features_in_9_4_0.html#SECTION00300100000000000000
>>>
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>>> I wasn't able to build bacula with cloud support and I can't use the rpm
>>> packages from bacula as they aren't supported by the puppet module I'm
>>> using. So I was looking for something like an "after" job syncing to S3
>>> with aws cli or the like.
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for that. You should create a ticket at bugs.bacula.org to show
>> that something is wrong about it.
>>
>
> Hi Radoslaw,
>
> Turned out that I was able to build when using the libs3 provided by
> bacula [https://www.bacula.org/downloads/libs3-20181010.tar.gz]
> Sadly that wasn't really documented.
>
>
>>
>>> But if the Cloud Storage functionality is the way to go I'll figure out
>>> how to compile with S3 support.
>>> So if I get the documentation right the backup is first stored to the
>>> local disk and afterwards moved to the cloud while I could still do a
>>> restore from local disk as long as I configure the configure the "cache
>>> Retention", right?
>>>
>>
>> The default local disk backup for cloud storage works as a cache only
>> with fully configurable behavior and retention. You can use it as the
>> single archive storage, so during backup all your data will be saved on
>> local disks and then synced into S3 as configured. You can use it as a DR
>> storage using Copy Jobs where your local disks will be your main storage
>> which will be copied into a storage cloud after a local backup. All
>> possible configurations depends on your requirements.
>> I hope it helps.
>>
>
> I do have the cloud backup running, now. All works even better than
> expected regarding the S3 upload. I also realised that I can use "Cache
> Retention" so the local disk won't run out of disk pace while still
> allowing fast restores within the "Cache Retention" period.
>
> Tanks again,
>
> Erik
>
>> best regards
>> --
>> Radosław Korzeniewski
>> rados...@korzeniewski.net
>>
>
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